Damn, but I liked this issue. The payoffs (plural) to Orchis’s various machinations all hitting like that really gave the event a sense of import but, at the same time, all the little seeds that were sown for the future fightback (from Firestar’s “betrayal” to Emma’s new “resistance” to... whatever is going on with…

Here’s a picture of lil’ Ben at the theater after realizing Barbie is about a woman and the theater doesn’t accommodate booster seats.

Not quite sure what’s sadder: the angry nerds who review bomb the movie without seeing it, or the angry nerds like Ben Shapiro and Critical Drinker who sit through the entire movie and spend a day putting together a 40-minute video about why they didn’t like a movie that wasn’t marketed to them.

As I said on another forum, if this doesn’t drive a stake in the heart of the “Go Woke, Go Broke” narrative, nothing will.

you’re right! but, I wasn’t that frustrated while i was watching because again, the whole VIBE of all of it is so disarmingly charming that i was just happy to watch it all happen.

no, i’m being earnest: we will not be covering Oppenheimer, it is a historical biopic, and neither science fiction or fantasy. 

well, as this is a science fiction and fantasy vertical that often covers toys... no... we have literally zero plans to cover Oppenheimer, which is not in our remit at all

i genuinely have No Idea what this is about lmao

i didn’t find it exhausting! There was a lot of lightness, even if at times it was overwhelming. 

That’s a fair assessment; to me it comes across as a mashup between A Very Brady Movie and The Good Place.

it very much is in the same vibe as the lego movie with barbies. add in a little bit of Life Size (2000) and you’ve got the gist.

jeeeeeez someone likes strawmen, huh?? the provisions are literally just “if you have a Black principal actor, instead of painting a white stunt actor to match, hire a Black stunt actor.” like... girl you are being so weird hahaha

that’s absolute bullshit lmao. there are so many other factors that go into what happens after a “bad show” gets released — your reputation, who will work with you, etc. regardless of how good or bad a show is, the laborers still deserve to be paid. if it’s truly an unwatchabe mess other people in the industry will…

No! Don’t do that!!! Neither Guild has called for a consumer boycott, and until they do any sort of cancellation is literally negligible! If they do call for a consumer boycott, it’s important to do it en masse and AS A RESPONSE to their call, to show their support. Doing it now achieves nothing, even if you tell the…

Yeah another dipshit in my replies was like “oh so they’ve gotta hire a personal stylist for every extra?”

there are Black stunt men and stunt women of all races. it’s not that hard to find someone who vaguely matches your primary actor

It’s almost like the Daily Mail is a lying tabloid hack rage that exists to spread hate and that people should stop using it as a source for anything.

Oh James Gunn, are you really giving us a big screen Mister Terrific? Like with a real budget for T-spheres and all their techno-wizardry? Sign me the hell up for that!

Yeah it’s all a little convoluted, and i don’t really know the reasoning here either. My only point is that WGA knew it was in for the Long Haul with this one. I guess?? My suspicion is that AMPTP decided to focus on the unions Not On Strike rather than the unions already picketing.

the only thing i’ll say is that the WGA knew going into the strike that they would be on the backburner as the DGA and SAG contracts came up for renewal--this was always the plan.